Mami Uebayashi “Ami” Thompson is a character designer and animator currently working for the Walt Disney Animation Studio. Thompson was born in Osaka, Japan, and studied at Sheridan College, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in 2013. Aside from Disney, Thompson has also interned at Studio Ghibli and Microsoft Studios.
Ami Thompson joined Walt Disney Animation Studios in 2015 as a Visual Development Trainee. In 2016, Thompson served as the Character Supervisor for the short film Inner Workings. On that film she also worked alongside Mark Henn on the hand-drawn animation within the short. Thompson was then asked to join the “Ralph Breaks the Internet” production design team as art director, characters, supervising the design for the hundreds of characters that appear in the film.
Filmography[]
- Inner Workings (2016): animator and character design supervisor
- Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018): art director for characters
- Raya and the Last Dragon (2021): art director for characters
- Zootopia 2 (2025): visual development